Cal Newport has become a household name with regard to work, the digital space, and productivity. His book, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout, was a timely read for me. I presume you’re probably like me: you need to grow in your commitment and rhythm of not idolizing work (i.e., finding your…| Theology Along the Way
The benefits of regular physical activity are endless. Check out our guide to staying fit in Austin's downtown to start or add to your exercise routine.| Downtown Austin Alliance
If you want to know how to make extra income while working full-time, we’ve listed some ideas below. Financial stress is one of the toughest burdens to carry. Rising costs, debt, and bills often leave people restless about whether their paycheck will stretch far enough. Many grew up believing that a steady job guaranteed stability, […]| Learning Mind
Personal site of author, designer, Automattician, and A List Apart founder & publisher Jeffrey Zeldman. Teaching and writing about web design and web standards since 1995. Also featuring “My Glamorous Life,” “Fifteen Minutes,” and other entertainments.| Jeffrey Zeldman Presents
It’s a review of 2001: A Space Odyssey from my Hollywood history newsletter GROSS, but it’s also an essay about working in space and a comparison with Director Bong’s Mickey 17.| Bowblog
I read Ibrahim Diallo’s post about job interviews in the IT-sector and was again reminded how awfully dumb and pointless it apparently is in many places. All my career I have only been working for smaller companies in Denmark, and have thankfully avoided most of the silliness I can read about. I am sure there is a massive difference between the world’s leading tech companies in Silicon Valley and small- to midsized companies in Denmark, but now that I am in a position to conduct job inter...| winther blog
A reflection on the engineer's quest| A journey into a wild pointer
Long before the sisters of Zeta Tau Alpha arrive on the University of Georgia campus, June Johnson is already at ... The post CEOs Behind the Walls: Meet Women Who Keep Sorority Life Running appeared first on Grady Newsource.| Grady Newsource
My love affair with corporate America started out like many ill-fated dalliances—with the intention it would be fun, short-lived, and I’d walk away unscathed. During my first year out of college, I worked in publishing and after my first editorial profit and loss meeting, realized it wasn’t the best place for an aspiring writer to […] The post 7 Novels About Toxic Work Environments appeared first on Electric Literature.| Electric Literature
Clara and I were watching 74 Gear, when Kelsey pointed out an interaction between a pilot and an air traffic controller. Note the language the controller uses: Conntroller: Lindbergh 4570, did the tower give you that right turn? Pilot: …… U-uh, we were given direct to HVQ. Controller: Lindgergh 4570 okay roger! Kelsey refers to these as “we need to talk” questions, because they instill the same dread, doubt, and guilt; even if unwarranted. As a pilot, the tone and delivery of such que...| Rubenerd
By getting out of Rome for vacation at Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo sets a good example, especially for us Americans. The post Be like Pope Leo: Take all your vacation days—without guilt appeared first on America Magazine.| America Magazine
You’ve undoubtedly heard of the psychological concept called flow state. This is the feeling you get when you’re in the zone, where you’re doing some sort of task, and you’re just really into it, and you’re focused, and it’s challenging but not frustratingly so. It’s a great feeling. You might experience this with a work … Continue reading My favorite developer productivity research method that nobody uses→| Surfing Complexity
Grounded Homes and Happy Families The post Lessons for Side-Hustle Tradwives appeared first on American Reformer.| American Reformer
Professionals in the UK are being warned about the risks associated with giving out their personal number for work. Tech expert Juliet Moran from...| Family Friendly Working
A steady job once meant stability. Today, for millions of UK workers, it simply means staying afloat. New findings from The True Cost of...| Family Friendly Working
With GCSEs and A-Levels results in hand, school leavers across the UK are considering their next steps. New data has revealed the highest-paying construction...| Family Friendly Working
LiveCareerUK®, a career service specializing in resume building, released findings today from its UK Cost of Living & Career Confidence Report. The May 2025 survey of...| Family Friendly Working
Exploring the capabilities of the Intel N100 Mini PC for work and self-hosting as an alternative to public cloud.| Alex Ellis' Blog
The personal homepage of The Doctor.| drwho.virtadpt.net
In the ever-evolving world of aesthetics, staying ahead of the curve is not just beneficial; it’s essential. As new technologies, techniques, and trends emerge, practitioners must continually assess their skills and knowledge to remain competitive and provide the best possible care to their clients. But how do you know when it’s time to invest in… The post How to Identify When It’s Time for Advanced Upskilling in Your Aesthetic Career appeared first on The Happy Passport.| The Happy Passport
The average American describes the perfect salary as $74,000, according to new research. The post Study reveals America’s perfect salary appeared first on Talker Research.| Talker Research
The lichen-ous current state of my work and community life, and what's coming for the rest of the year.| Fieldnotes by Sam Rye | Social & Environmental Regeneration
Yesterday I spoke at the HQ of a global bank, and during the Q and A following my talk, an HR leader raised her hand to ask an important question that I hear all time. So I thought I’d answer it here, and share with all of you. Question: I see many talented people who … “Executive Presence” for Introverts Read More » The post “Executive Presence” for Introverts appeared first on Susan Cain.| Susan Cain
Since launching the Quiet Revolution, I can’t tell you how many times people (introverts, extroverts and ambiverts alike) have asked me imploringly for new insights to help them work better with their introverted colleagues. So I’m always happy to announce when new insights are at hand. Here are some today, courtesy of Dan Schawbel, a fellow introvert … How Leaders Can Create Deeper Relationships with Introverted Teammates Read More » The post How Leaders Can Create Deeper Relationsh...| Susan Cain
Bedside manner and charm aren’t the same thing. The post Are Some of the Best Doctors Cerebral Introverts? appeared first on Susan Cain.| Susan Cain
Representation in our stories matters. The post Why Writing an Introverted Character Is Hard, and Why You Must Do It Anyway appeared first on Susan Cain.| Susan Cain
Everyone can be represented equally - here's how. The post How to Level the Playing Field for Introverts and Extroverts appeared first on Susan Cain.| Susan Cain
Wish you could eradicate the ums & ahs out of your public presentations? Turns out those verbal fillers may play an important role in establishing trust...| Susan Cain
As someone who works at a large corporation - Google - and someone who always thought working at Google would be really cool, I put a lot of my self-worth into my job. When things go well at work - I’m doing well. When they’re going awry - my well-being follows.| Ruslan Osipov
GC Myers- Early Work, 1994 He was justifying his existence, than which life can do no greater; for life achieves its summit when it does to the uttermost that which it was equipped to do. –Jack London, White Fang From 2011: I had a nice email from a gentleman who sent me the image of painting done […]| Redtree Times
High achievers are known for their exceptional productivity and unwavering motivation. They possess a unique set of strategies that enable them to consistently perform at their best. Let's explore the top 10 strategies used by these successful individuals to maintain their edge and achieve remarkable results. Mastering time management and…| Stewartville Star
It's now the “job” I've been doing longest| One Man & His Blog
You’re not alone if you’ve ever scrambled to keep kids busy while working from home, only to have your toddler somersaulting off the sofa 37 seconds later. We cover this struggle often inside The Wonder Mom Success Club because it’s real. The good news? With a Montessori-inspired approach, you can match your child’s natural development […] The post How to keep your kids busy when you need to work (no matter their age) first appeared on jojoebi.| jojoebi
Those who have suffered from emotional neglect have a few surprising talents and strengths hidden up their sleeve that many don’t expect.| Learning Mind
Hippies, artists, entrepreneurs, drops outs, and all kinds of creative thinkers are sometimes considered lacking the discipline to lead a responsible life.| Learning Mind
For almost a year, I have been crafting and re-crafting a project I call The Fake Story of Music. It has been stuck in its present state for more than half of that time, and there’s so much m…| Never Down, Always Up
Over the past month, I worked at a company called Tantin Chain as a backend wallet developer.| smallyu‘s Blog
Can web technologies (HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript) achieve stunning 3D modeling or even 3D animation effects? For now, I think not. For| smallyu‘s Blog
“Do the right thing, then wait to get fired.” This quote is from a blog post by Google engineer Tan Chade-Meng titled “| smallyu‘s Blog
One terrifying thing is when programmers no longer focus on code, software, systems, and architecture, but rather on products,| smallyu‘s Blog
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon your guarded lips! Sew them up with packthread, do. Else, if you would be a man, speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon-balls, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. Ah,...| maya.land
In our second deep dive into Canadian attitudes toward artificial intelligence, we turn our attention to AI’s growing role in the workplace. From July 10 to 15, 2025, Abacus Data surveyed 1,915 Canadian adults to understand how they perceive the impact of AI on their jobs and careers. As AI adoption accelerates across the country, […] The post Are We Ready? Canadians Voice Real Fears About AI and Work appeared first on Abacus Data.| Abacus Data
Words, words, words I’m having some coaching at this weird liminal time where this phase of motherhood is ending. This week my coach used the word ‘strategy’...| Julie Leoni
ESS is a staffing firm that helps 900 schools nationwide find substitute teachers, aides, school nurses, janitors and cooks Expected pay: Vary by position Husl$core: $$$ The post ESS: Flexible Gigs for Teachers, Aides and Clerks appeared first on Sidehusl.com.| Sidehusl.com
Just checking in with PooterGeek to update you on my real life. In the day job, have moved offices in Tamworth from Tame Valley Industrial Estate in Wilnecote to space above designer wool and crafting outlet Tolsons Mill Yarns in Fazeley. In the evening job, I am now the lead singer of Midlands Stevie Wonder […]| PooterGeek
Just as TED talks are becoming the subject of well-deserved parody1, via Business Insider, I find an old one (2010) with useful things to say. Here, Jason Fried suggests ways the office can become a more productive place. I’m not entirely convinced by all of his solutions, but he doesn’t claim they are solutions. By the way, my answer […]| PooterGeek
Design leadership, lean value, not just the digital bits. The post Fortnight notes: 14 – 26 July 2025 first appeared on Neil Williams.| Neil Williams
New Robert Walters’ research links shrinking entry-level opportunities with growing talent bottlenecks| Family Friendly Working
In my first few weeks at my new employer, my code contributions have added 218 lines of code, deleted 2,663. Only one of my PRs has resulted in a net increase in the size of their codebases (by two lines). I need to pick up the pace if I’m going to reach the ultimate goal […]| Dan Q
Discover how AI is transforming the way we work. Learn about the benefits, challenges, and future of human-AI collaboration in the workplace.| 4PSA Blog
Having discussed the history of standpoint theory, I now want to dive into it more philosophically. While I have plenty of outsider’s objections to standpoint theory, here I want to explore w…| Love of All Wisdom
Social gatherings in general are not an introvert’s strong point at the best of times, but there are certain ones that prove more intolerable than others.| Learning Mind
As soon as your ego is transcended and becomes a free spirit, all of a sudden, your life begins to change. But how do we transcend our ego?| Learning Mind
There are situations in life where being selfish works wonders. Saying NO is an art you need to possess in order to achieve more out of life.| Learning Mind
Personality assessment tests may seem trite but will help you with your career and relationships. Give them a try.| Learning Mind
No one likes to be the subject of criticism. But how do the mentally strong handle criticism and what makes them able to work it to their own advantage?| Learning Mind
Empaths often end up in nurturing, caring, and healing roles. Careers for empaths are not what you do for a living, but an outward expression of...| Learning Mind
Explore how faith-based leadership styles can inspire teams, build trust, and create inclusive workplaces without alienating diverse beliefs.| Power of Positivity: Positive Thinking & Attitude
Work from home has become our new normal. ✔ Check our collection of 37 funniest work from home memes 🤣 to bring a sparkle of humor into your daily monotony.| Learn Digital Marketing
In a few previous blog posts (see here, here, and here), I discussed the pitfalls of AI-generated written content. I’ve taken a pretty anti-AI stance in that respect. When I see this kind of content online, I don’t want to read it (I imagine many people also spot it as AI-generated and, once realising it…| Sam Woolfe
Here’s one of my favorite quotes: “I am not a writer. I’ve been fooling myself and other people.” This comes from the diary of John Steinbeck, who won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature. This kind of intellectual self-doubt is common among high achievers. The smarter they are, the more acutely they seem to question ... Read More The post Intellectual Self-Doubt: The Psychology Behind Questioning Your Competence appeared first on Ness Labs.| Ness Labs
Artificial intelligence systems need human trainers. Unfortunately most sites pay AI trainers poorly. The one exception: Data Annotation.| Sidehusl.com
Australia is one of the most LGBTQ-friendly places in the world, making it an ideal location for digital nomads looking for both adventure and safety. You'll find lots of options for LGBTQ travelers from the lively begin community in Sydney to more laid-back littoral municipalities like Byron Bay. Yet travel and work in a new The post Out and Abroad: Empowering Tips for LGBTQ Digital Nomads in Australia appeared first on queer voices.| queer voices
The personal homepage of The Doctor.| drwho.virtadpt.net
Sharing your work online is practicing in public, and that's ideal.| Logan Lets Go
Faced with a mute, sleeping world, another form of resistance emerges – the resistance of body, rhythm and memory.| CCCB LAB
July 10, 2025 Juliet Schor, author of Four Days a Week, on experiments in reducing the workweek • Katherine Moos and Noé Martin Wiener, authors of this paper, on overwork among teachers| LBO News from Doug Henwood
If you've been reading my blog so far, you know I've been struggling. Work slowed down for me this time last year, and since then my only reliable contract was forced to cut my hours and eventually let me go.| Luna's Blog
Hi everyone, holy shit, you've supported me to the tune of £80 a month! Thank you so so much. Here's quick rundown of the past few weeks| Luna's Blog
Hello everyone. My goal today was to write an entirely different kind of post, but I received some news today that completely changes the context of everything.| Luna's Blog
Things seem to be moving forward, except for where they aren’t.| busybee: fluffy rambles
After years of remote living, I share my personal coliving dreams—family-friendly spaces, mountain seasons, hosting, and building community.| A World to Travel
Utah's One Door model can help states manage new federal work requirements and better coordinate welfare benefits and work support.| Georgia Center For Opportunity
I recently spent a lot of time looking for a decent way to:| N’s Blog
This article by Dave Ranney was originally published in Hard Crackers on February 4th. It is even more timely now. In the months since, Trump’s immigration police forces have stepped up their…| Hard Crackers
My first two years in Silicon Valley were spent in Burlingame at a dotcom that hoped to revolutionize telecommunicatons online - with Web meetings, conference calls and even faxing from the Web. They had great services, but not enough customers, and eventually ran out of funding in early 2001, jettisoning marketing, sales and business development folks, before selling for scraps to Oracle. Being in Marketing myself, this meant it was my first trial to try and find a full-time job, in a world ...| louisgray.com
Career Paths Are Often Circuitous Routes My career in Silicon Valley started before I'd even graduated from college. Rather than plug away at Berkeley and try to get top grades, I split my time my senior year between going to classes and commuting across the Bay Bridge to Burlingame, working for a revenue light startup during the initial dot com boom. By the end of 2018, I will have completed twenty full years in the Valley. In these twenty years, I've been laid off. I've been promoted. I've ...| louisgray.com
Layoffs Are Painful. Even if the X Doesn’t Land on You (Image: Dreamstime) In seventeen years of work in Silicon Valley, I’ve only left a job by choice once — in 2011, when I made the jump from being a partner at my own consulting group to join Google. The other three times, my employer informed me my time was up, and at that my services were no longer needed, loyalty be damned. In two cases, the startup I worked for ran out of funding, and once, the new VP wanted to change things u...| louisgray.com
It’s been a long road my friends. If you’re new to my blog you may not know I’ve been posting for over 7 and a half years now. And if you’ve been reading that whole time I applaud you for... The post It’s Official, I’m Fully Retired! appeared first on Accidental Fire.| Accidental Fire
When someone accumulates money and wants more, or fame or acclaim and wants more, or climbs the ladder of large organisations, or thinks everyone else is wrong and wants to establish their theory, we call them ambitious. I have large ambitions, but not this kind. None of my ambitions involve accumulating wealth (now that I have enough) and I am already as famous as I can stand (not at all). I want to provide the great synthesis for my time. (What does this mean?) I want to be a universal crit...| argmin gravitas
Transgender identity raises a variety of interesting philosophical questions, and on an issue this controversial, the answers to those questions will necessarily be controversial too. I recently fo…| Love of All Wisdom
Pain wakes me at 3:18 a.m., reminding me that lupus stopped me from working. “Yeah, I know,” I sleep-whisper and stare at the digital clock until box breathing cools me back to sleep. An hour later, 4:30 a.m. is on the clock, and inner-me rebuts, but it didn’t end my career. Hours later, when I’m […] The post Does my inability to work mean I am disabled or differently abled? appeared first on Lupus News Today.| Lupus News Today – The Web's Daily Resource for Lupus News
MORE WORDS...| On Coding
Last week in a WordPress slack community, I was asked a question publicly about my job. I love questions and, inspired by being asked about my job, I am writing this post to share a bit about what …| agm
How to stop stress eating after work. 5 simple strategies for crushing those post work munchies so you can lose fat and build a body you're| Justin Thomas Miller
I realized this week that I seem to have a lot more interest in architecting than in execution. I also remembered that we become different persons based on what happens to us or the choices we have, even based on how good or bad we feel. Change may occur gradually after a long time or … Continue reading Architecting| coralie's contemplations in markup
25 January 1999 was my first day at W3C. I was 23 years old when I started. I’ve now spent more than half my life at that. I regret nothing because I find the work I do really interesting, important, meaningful; and I don’t tire of it because I feel like there’s renewal every now … Continue reading 25th work anniversary| coralie's contemplations in markup
This is my experience after working 20 years remotely and the need to find a new remote job.| Florian Krämer
My thoughts on how aggression and "Masculine Energy" have played out in my career, with references to recent bullshit from Meta and Zuckerberg| Ideas.Offby1
My last classes for this cycle start in about an hour, after which I get a week off until the next cycle. Short as it is, this break comes as quite the relie...| yours, tiramisu
I spent a lot of last year trying to understand why companies treated the employees they rely on for success so poorly — The Man Who Broke Capitalism; Lights Out; The Idea Factory; AI Snake Oil; Leaders Eat Last; and so on are all part of that journey. At the time I was a bit fixated […]| Made by Mikal
So, it’s my weekend, so I don’t really want to think about it, but I figured I’d give you all an update. Two weeks. It’s been two weeks. She still messes up the mail. She tried to scan a full envel…| Marla's World
To make meaningful welfare reform, Georgia should look at the work of states that have started to refocus their systems on work.| Georgia Center For Opportunity
Looking ahead to the future of programming that increasingly involves LLMs, it’s becoming clear that the most important thing for software engineers to cultivate is taste. As I discuss in GenAI is not a silver bullet, training great software designers will continue to be the essential challenge o...| Vivian Qu
In January 2024 I wrote a paper showing how to define the Supersymmetric Virasoro Minimal String* (SVMS) as a random matrix model, compute many of its properties, and indeed predict many aspects of its physics. This was the first time the SVMS had been constructed. Despite that, a recent paper found it necessary to specifically single out my paper disparagingly as somehow not being a string theory paper, in service of (of course) their own work trying to formulate it. Odd - and disappointingl...| Asymptotia
We solved spell checking in CodeMirror! How we did it and how you can use it.| ChipLog — Christian Hammond
When connecting FreeRADIUS or ntlm_auth to winbind, you may need to know where winbind’s privileged pipe is so that the […]| mcnewton's notes
This is really just a post for me to keep track of sites that have got or had performance issues […]| mcnewton's notes
I’ve been thinking about the things I’ve been up to over the last month or so and really starting to […]| mcnewton's notes
I’ve begun to use the logstash/elasticsearch/kibana stack for processing many different types of logs, and an issue that has started […]| mcnewton's notes
